Price-ticket holder



- G. A. BERRY. PRICE TICKET HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-21.1919.

A. Berry,

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

v UNITED STATES PATENTFOFFICEQ -IGEORGE A. BERRY, or ExcRLSIoR SPRINGS,MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD To w. J. MARSH, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,ANnoNE-THIRD 'ro BERNARD o. BAYNES,

OF EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MISSOURI.

PRICE-TICKET HOLDER:

-. Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Application filed February 21, 1919. Serial No. 278,397.

T all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, "GEORGE A. BERRY,citizen of the United States, residing at Excelsior Springs, in thecounty of Clay and State of Missouri, have invented'certain new anduseful Improvements in PricerTicket 'Holdersfof which the following isaspecification. I v I This invention relates to an improved price ticketholder particularly designed for usein dry goods stores, clothingstores, haberdasheries, drug Stores, department stores, and the like,and has as its primary object to provide'a device of this character soconject to provide a ticket holder constructed to resiliently grip theprice ticket and thus maintain the ticket in proper position upon the"holder held against tilting within its Supporting loop. a

Other and incidental objects will appear during the course of thedetailed description of the invention. In the drawings, wherein I haveillustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, and whereinsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views! Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedholder,,the price ticket shown being conventionally illustrated,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device more particularly illustrating the'manner' in which the price ticket is gripped by the holder,

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 and showing a slightly modified formof the invention,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view'showing a further modification.

In its preferred embodiment, as Shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings,the ticket holder of the present invention is formed from. a singlelength of suitable'resilient wire. From this length of wire a pin shankor supporting shank 10 is formed, the'wire beinglooped forwardly'at theupper end of the shank to, provide a downwardly directed arm 11 lying infront of'theshank '10- in spaced relation thereto' At the lower end ofthe arm ll'the wire is'again bentlaterally to form a ticket holding loop12, the free end portion of which normally-tends to assume a positionlying in a plane with the arm'll. At the upper endof thefreeend portionof the loop the adjacentend portion of the wire is again, bentlaterallyto form a longitudinally bowed "gripping arm- 13 extending infront of the arm 11. at substantially right angles thereto andintersected medially by. said arm.' ,Gonsequently, the free end portionof the loop 12 will resiliently holdthis'gripping arm 13 against the arm11 and, owing to the longitudinalc urvature ofthe gripping arm, the endsof this arm will thus normally intersect the plane of the arm 11atfopposite sidesthereof. Formed on the free endof the arm 13 is an"angular downwardly'directed terminal 13.

It is now to be observed that the arm .11 is,

at a point slightly above the gripping arm '13, ofi'set laterally Sothatthe shank 10 is thus supportedin a'plane passing medially through theticket holding, loop l2 at right angles thereto; Formed as thusdescribed, it will be seen that the holder may be readily produced, Inuse, a price ticket may be fitted within the ticket holding loop 12, a aticket being conventionally shown at 14 in the drawings, when the shank10 may be engaged, as will be readily understood, with an articleof'merchandise for connecting the holder therewith to display theticket. In this connection attention is'particularly dirooted to themanner in which the ticket is heldby the device. As shown in thedrawings, the ticket is rested against the bottom portion of -the loop12 and is resiliently gripped by the arm 13 acting to bind the ticketbetween this arm and the arm 11. The arm 13, being longitudinally curvedwill, as shown in Fig. 2, thus bow the ticket longitudinally over thearm 11 so that the ticket will accordingly coact with the arm 11 andwith the gripping'arm to be firmly held against tilting within thesupporting loop. However, as will be clear, the ticket may be readilydisplaced from the holder by simply pulling upwardly thereon todisengage the ticket from within said loop. The terminal 13 will, ofcourse, assist in gripping the ticket and will prevent marring thereofby the free end of the 'arm when the ticket is engaged with or removedfrom the holder.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, I have illustrated a slight modification ofthe invention. In this modification a shank 10 is'employed. This shankcorresponds to the shank 10 of the preferred construction but iselongated. Connected with said shank is an arm 11 corresponding to thearm 11' of the preferred construction. However, the arm "11' is straightwhile the shank 10' normallyinclines toward the arm so as to resilientlygrip a thicknessof fabric between the arm and shank when the shank isembedded in the fabric." At the lower end of the arm 11 is aticketholding loop 12', the free end portion of which carries a'laterallydirected gripping arm 13', these parts corresponding to the similarpartsof th'e'preferred con struction and performing like functions.

In Fig.4: of the drawings, I haveshown a further modified form of theinvention wherein a shank 10 is employed. This-shank corresponds to 'theshank 1Q'- 0f the prior.

imodification but is somewhat longer and is connected to a base '15 sothat'the device ,may be used as aj'stand forsup'porting' a price ticket."Extending'from theshank l0: atits'upper end is an arm 11. At thelowerend of the arm 11? is a ticket holding loop 12" carryingatits free end alaterally directed gripping arm '1 3-, thisloop and arm 35 correspondingto the loop and arm of the prior modification. I

In a further adaptation of the invention I employ a spring loop 20 whichmay be formed from a strip of suitable resilient sheet metal and rolledat its-ends in order that the loop may, as will be well understood, bereadily engaged around the neck of a bottle. Gripped within one oftherolled portions at the ends of the loop is the shank-10 of the holdershown in Fig. 3, which will-thus be supported by the loop to upstandtherefrom. Consequently, the loop maybe engaged around the neck of abottle, when a ticket may be fitted upon the holder to be supportedthereby for display upon the bottle. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:. v

1. ticket holder formed' from' a single strand of resilient wire andcomprising a shank, a bend at the upper end of the shank,

said bend,, and a lateral gripping arm exf tending from the upper end ofsaid loop member across .the vertical plane of the shankandthe'first-mentioned arm. 2. A ticket holder formed from a singlestrand of resilient wire and comprisinga shank, a bend at the upper endof the shank,

an arm depending from said bendland have ing its lower end portionnormally urged to- 7 V wardthe shank, a lateral bendat the lower endofsaid arm, a loop member. rising from 1: 7

said bend, a lateral gripping arm extending from'the upper end of saidloopmember across, the vertical planeof the shank .and thefirst-mentioned arm, and adownwardly directed terminal at the free endof said; lateral gripping arm. 1

'. testimony; whereof I my signaturel

